In each market I am in, I build local teams for runners, handymen and cleaners.

At BP, the possibilities are endless!

The endless "to do list".

Big enough that they have some inventory and rental demand, but small enough where some of these big time investor operators aren't entrenched in there.Investing is much easier when you're competing with a handful of other investors like yourself as opposed to the deep pocket investors in the larger cities/suburbs that have seemingly endless sources of money.....

Try filling your rental with single girls and see how long it takes for the endless streams of boyfriends to show up, with the police and the plugged up toilets. 

Your options are endless with private lenders and very limited with commercial lenders.Hope that helps!

I did a google search and the options are endless and everyone wants me sign up before they will give me any pricing or quantities of leads in my zip code.

Marc,Short sale - the lender is being shorted; the pay off comes up short compared to what was owed; getting the short end; less than was expected.Like any deal where you are the one going to lose money you tend to drag your feet in the blind hope it might get better.

@Steve R.Most residential real estate agents are not going to be out scouting for ugly houses ... if one is dropped in their lap, they may bring it to you - or to an agent in their office who is willing to deal with it.You have a far bigger chance of finding your own: read the local classifieds and your provinces version of the Royal Gazette for foreclosure/mortgage/tax sale announcements; lace-up your runners and get in a morning 5-miler around the neighbourhoods of interest; talk to the postal carriers, etc.

Opportunities are endless.